the government is the smallest it has been since dwight eisenhower. but why dispute the facts. romney of course always had a home on fox news when he gets in trouble to try to dig himself out of a hole. >> romney: we were of course talking about a campaign and how he is going to get close to half the vote i'm going to get half the vote, approximately, i hope, i want 51% or more and frankly we have two very different views about america. the president's view is one of a larger government. the president said he likes redistribution. i disagree. >> bill: that was something obama said when he was a state senator 20-some years ago. this is mitt romney -- he just can't help himself. he can't dig out of this hole. this is mitt romney in may 2012 saying this, that he was dismissing half of the electorate as a bunch of no-good bums. the response to romney was just overwhelming yesterday. we'll tell you about the republican response. but first president obama was asked about this video by david letterman last night. i thought the president really -- very firmly, gently but firmly shall w